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3, Clapp - 1964 
■^ov. lb. Maiana Atoll, Gilbert Islands. 
1 Bristle-thighed Curlew, 1 "'hirabrel 25 
Hawaiian Noddy, 6-7 Common Noddy, 6-7 Reef Heron, 
and 1 Fairy T^rn # 
One of the Ruddy Turnstone which I shot and 
wh i c h had flown away w a s lying on its side in the 
sand surrounded by a grout) of other Turnstones 
which appeared to be hostile to the in, lured bird. 
I ^red at the bird to put it out of its misery an< 
ended up with at least 7 other birds as well 
N ° ddieS seen feeding at the 
, „ . he f hore , and dropped and fluttered 
l -7r .r Cal feeding flight movements. 
cores' of" tJe"thr"e inv ; sti «“» the 
.ot on my second shot. I did not find out what 
would have happened as „e were to ooUecfa ‘L 
senses of binds in as sheet a time as possJbW 
i'-land^'wNr 1 ’ 1 ^ 816 blrd ' "» s seen flying oven the 
» , V ',?™ «• determined. 
, ecided to sta,y overnight on thq island 
and asked the magistrate if we might have aNwce t< 
a h °“ Se ’ 
architecture. eximole of G m ioertese 
while S i e suf2red Ven fJ S Speakins With the Gil^ertese 
Binion toW me thlt L a h» C d ging - t ?? th “ h « «*» 
mv , . ™ e tnat we, Had aspirin with us. 
He natives sang several sorts of sonms for us 
mount sonss > one ritual song, (which was rather 
soSnds n in if)* 3,5 r™™** **' Casal aauadins 
best 4 , l '- V a " J several forms of what could 
best be called ballet, sitting' subspecies . 
mo°r„ e f’o“; aTarTraW, g0 °d y ° 1CM ' tb “ 
at any rate/ and sang several 
vely songs which were both melodic and enjoyable 
* ?!! mS that man ^ of their ritual songs 
v noW71 H Xn an older language which is only 
^ to tHe more mature individuals of the grout) 
** wnich must be learned from them, before the J 
comnoser does dny formal composingi ' Several of 
-he songs they sang us were known to have been 
50 S yefrs OWn ^ P6rS0n t0 person for at least 
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